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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Weekend Links: Mayday!

Another hectic week behind us! Phew! Here's hoping you get some breathing room and time for yourself this weekend. If you do, here are some goodies I've managed to squeeze in over the past week.

For you:
My (totally unglamorous) photo this week is of my homemade turnip chips - big, surprising YUM! And easy! Mine were made based on Heidi Swanson's recipe from Super Natural Every Day
, which is pretty similar to this one, except with paprika sprinkled on after baking. I was also pretty pleased at how well my cheap-o Kohl's mandoline performed!

Not only am I scrambling to tone a bit and drop a little before the big black tie dinner next Saturday, I'm also floundering on what to wear. I haven't been to a formal event (other than a wedding) since college (longer ago than I care to admit). I needed some "special" make-up and didn't have time to get to the store sans kids so I took the plunge this week and tried out the Talk to an Artist feature at the Bobbi Brown website. I was really pleased at the conversation and the color recommendations (including application tips). I guess the true test will be how I look next Saturday . . .

For the kids:
I've been drooling over Alphabet Glue for probably a year now. It's a gorgeous e-magazine of activities for book-loving families. I'm just waiting for Moose to get a little bit older and stiller. However, with the 25% off sale now through May 15, I just might go ahead and cave . . .

I think I mentioned last week that Mouse was starting to try some table food (thanks to some gentle suggestions from a baby-led-weaning-minded friend). This is new ground to me, as I had to practically bribe Moose to make the switch from baby food to table food when he was about a year old. These tips from Kim Corrigan-Oliver the Wean Green blog came along at the perfect time!

I loved this resource-rich post on yoga and kids from Modern Parents Messy Kids! Moose is stuck in a yoga rut: we do his favorite bug yoga almost daily, but I really think, at 3.5 years, he's ready for (and could benefit from) more. I'm really looking forward to trying some of the Cosmic Kids sequences with him this week.

I hadn't thought of turnip chips either until turnips showed up in this week's basket and I went on a hunt for recipes in my cookbook stash. Super Natural Every Day is one of my favorite cookbooks ever! I've yet to make recipe that didn't turn out amazing! Worth every penny and I can't tell you how many times I've gifted it!

About Me

I am happily married, multifaceted mommy of a spirited and sweet 4.5 year-old boy and a sassy 2 year-old girl. In my "spare" time I stare at my exercise video collection, pretend to be a gourmet (newly Paleo) cook, read, and daydream about someday making a return trip to England. Oh yeah, and I'm a lawyer, too.